KINGSTON, Jamaica - Okhalamo, alendo ndi ogwira ntchito pamafuta adathawa pomwe Gustav adasefukira ku Jamaica Lachinayi, ndikusiya anthu 59 atamwalira. Louisiana ndi Texas adayika alonda adziko lawo moyimilira, ndipo New Orleans idati kuchotsedwa kovomerezeka kungakhale kofunikira.
Anthu osachepera 51 anafa ku Haiti chifukwa cha kusefukira kwa madzi, matope ndi mitengo yakugwa, kuphatikizapo 25 kuzungulira mzinda wa Jacmel, kumene Gustav anagunda dziko Lachiwiri koyamba. Anthu ena 11 anaikidwa m’manda pamene thanthwe linasiya ku Dominican Republic. Marcelina Feliz anamwalira atagwira mwana wake wa miyezi XNUMX. Ana enanso asanu anaphwanyidwa m’ngozi yomwe inali pafupi ndi iye.
Lachinayi masana, Gustav anali pa mtunda wa makilomita 40 kuchokera ku Jamaica koma anali atawononga kale chilumbachi ndi mphepo yamkuntho yoopsa. Olosera adati ikhoza kukula mpaka mphepo yamkuntho isanamenye likulu laling'ono la Kingston Lachinayi usiku. Grand Cayman adakonzekera kumenyedwa tsiku lotsatira.
Ngakhale pamene alendo odzaona malo ankafufuza maulendo apandege pazilumbazi, akuluakulu a boma ankalimbikitsa bata. Theresa Foster, mmodzi wa eni ake a Grand Caymanian Resort, adati Gustav sankawoneka ngati woopsa ngati mphepo yamkuntho Ivan, yomwe inawononga 70 peresenti ya nyumba za Grand Cayman zaka zinayi zapitazo.
"Chilichonse chomwe chitha kuphulika chaphulika kale," adatero.
Olosera ati madera ena a Jamaica atha kupeza mvula yotalika masentimita 25, zomwe zitha kuyambitsa kugumuka kwa nthaka ndikuwononga kwambiri mbewu. Akuluakulu aboma adauza asodzi kuti asapitirire kumtunda, ndipo ogwira ntchito ku hotelo adapeza maambulera am'mphepete mwa nyanja mumzinda wa Montego Bay.
Jamaica idalamula anthu kuti atuluke m'malo otsika kuphatikiza Portmore, malo odzaza ndi madzi osefukira kunja kwa Kingston, ndikupita kumalo otetezedwa. Bwalo la ndege lalikulu la Kingston lidatsekedwa ndipo mabasi adasiya kuyenda ngakhale anthu akukhamukira m'masitolo akuluakulu kuti akapeze zinthu zadzidzidzi.
Mitengo yamafuta idakwera pamwamba pa $120 mbiya chifukwa choopa kuti mkunthowu ukhoza kusokoneza kupanga kudera la Gulf, komwe kuli zida zamafuta 4,000 ndi theka la mphamvu zoyenga zaku America. Mazana a ogwira ntchito m'mphepete mwa nyanja adatuluka pomwe akatswiri akuti mphepo yamkuntho imatha kubweza mitengo ya gasi ku US kupitilira $ 4 galoni.
“Mitengo ikwera posachedwa. Muona kuwonjezeka ndi 5, 10, 15 senti pa galoni,” anatero Tom Kloza, wofalitsa wa Oil Price Information Service ku Wall, NJ “Ngati tili ndi chochitika cha mtundu wa Katrina, mukunena za mitengo ya gasi. kukwera ndi 30 peresenti. ”
Ku Atlantic, panthawiyi, Tropical Storm Hanna adapanga njira yomwe idaloza kugombe lakum'mawa kwa US. Kunali koyambirira kwambiri kuti ndinenere ngati Hanna atha kuwopseza malo, koma Gustav adayambitsa chipwirikiti kuchokera ku Cancun ku Mexico kupita ku Florida panhandle.
Pokhala ndi mphepo yamkuntho yomwe ili pansi pa mphamvu ya mphepo yamkuntho, Gustav akuyembekezeka kukhala mphepo yamkuntho ya Gulu 3 atadutsa pakati pa Cuba ndi Mexico ndikulowa m'madzi ofunda ndi akuya a Gulf. Zitsanzo zina zimasonyeza Gustav akupita ku Louisiana ndi mayiko ena a Gulf omwe anawonongedwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho Katrina ndi Rita.
Bobby Jindal, Bobby Jindal, wa ku Louisiana, adalengeza za mkhalidwe wadzidzidzi kuti akhazikitse maziko othandizira boma. Boma la Texas Rick Perry anapereka chilengezo cha tsoka, ndipo pamodzi anaika asilikali 8,000 a National Guard kuti aimirire.
Meya wa New Orleans a Ray Nagin adati alamula kuti anthu achoke mumzindawo ngati olosera aneneratu kuti gulu lachitatu - kapenanso Gulu-3 - mkati mwa maola 2.
Onse a Jindal ndi Nagin adakumana ndi Secretary of Homeland Security a Michael Chertoff kuti akonzekere.
“Ndikuchita mantha,” anatero Evelyn Fuselier wa ku Chalmette, yemwe nyumba yake inamira m’madzi okwana mamita 14 kuchokera ku madzi osefukira a Katrina. “Ndimangodzifunsa kuti, 'Kodi Asilikali anakonza mayendedwe?,' 'Kodi nyumba yanga idzasefukiranso?' … 'Kodi ndiyenera kupiriranso zonsezi?'”
Gustav atadzuka, anthu aku Haiti adavutika kuti apeze chakudya chotsika mtengo. Jean Ramando, wolima nthochi wazaka 18, adati mphepo idagwetsa mitengo ya nthochi khumi ndi iwiri ya banja lake, motero amachulukitsa mtengo wake.
“Mphepoyo idawagwetsa mwachangu, ndiye tikuyenera kupanga ndalama mwachangu,” adatero.
